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Hello, this is BBC World News. Our top stories: there is gunfire on the

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outskirts of Cairo. State media says security forces

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have taken control of the town, but State media says security forces

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there are ongoing clashes. President Bashar al-Assad says he will destroy

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Syria's chemical weapons, but warns that it could take a year and cost

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$1 billion. Mexico is being warned that further

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flooding devastation could be on the way. A cyclone is expected to hit

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the storm ravaged coastline. And remember this little boy from

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the horror movie The Shining? The bestselling author Stephen King

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tells us how he grew up. Welcome. There has been gunfire on

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the outskirts of Cairo as Egyptian security forces clash with militants

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in the town of Kerdasa, a stronghold of the Muslim Brotherhood. The

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security forces moved into the area early this morning and arrested

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dozens of people, searching for Brotherhood leaders. The authorities

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say they are looking for those responsible for killing 11 policemen

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in the town last month. With me now is my colleague from BBC

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Arabic. Since last August and the dispersal, the biggest challenge for

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Arabic. Since last August and the the police has been to keep Cairo

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safe, and other areas. After some security incidents, the police

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believe the Muslim Brotherhood are still able to undermine security, at

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least in the capital and its outskirts. They also believe that a

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number of the Muslim Brotherhood's leaders are still hiding in this

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area. On August 14, there was a big incident where 11 policemen were

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killed in a police station in this area which, for historic reasons, is

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very supportive to the Muslim Brotherhood. So they decided to go

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into day and end the situation. They have arrested a 48 members of the

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Muslim Brotherhood so far. Does this have arrested a 48 members of the

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show the strength and determination of the Army, in that case? And does

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it give us any idea of where the Brotherhood movement is right now?

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This is very difficult. It is an Brotherhood movement is right now?

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intelligence operation more than a military operation, because you

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don't know how they are organised and how they will proceed in the

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future. But in the past weeks, it was proven that they were able to

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undermine security in the country. It is OK, maybe, that the Sinai

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could be unstable and incidents could take place there. It is a very

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complicated situation. But staging operations in Cairo and its

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outskirts, we had a bomb alert this morning at the Metro station. So

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this is very dangerous and it is the biggest challenge for the government

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so far. Now, in Syria, the civil war, of

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course, continues. Syria's president, Bashar al-Assad, has

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warned that it could take around a year to dismantle his stockpile of

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chemical weapons. In an interview for the American network Fox News,

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he insisted that he is still dedicated to the deal brokered by

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Russia last weekend. Last week, we joined the international agreement

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for preventing chemical WMD. Part of this agreement is not to your these

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arms, not to store and not to use, and of course not to distribute. And

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part of it is to get rid of those materials. So of course, one we are

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part of this agreement, we have to agree on that. But President Assad

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has again denied any responsibility for the use of chemical weapons in

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the suburb of Damascus which made headlines around the world. No one

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has verified the credibility of the videos and the pictures. The only

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verified things are the samples that the delegation took, samples of

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lard. -- lard. -- of blood. They are forgeries. President Assad also

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insisted that Syria was not in the grip of a civil war, but said it has

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been attacked by thousands of foreign jihadist fighters allied to

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Al-Qaeda. It is about what facts are presented in front of us. They don't

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have Syrian grassroots. We have opposition in Syria, but they have

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grassroot. Why do we have opposition abroad? Why do they leave? Who gives

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them money? How are they financed? We all know that they belong to

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Britain, France, Qatar and Saudi Arabia. Real opposition only belongs

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to the Syrian people. If it does not belong to those people, it is made

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by other countries. President Assad, clearly trying to appeal to American

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public opinion, which is something the Russian president, Vladimir

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Putin, also died, apparently with success, a few days ago, when he

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published an opinion piece in the New York Times criticising the

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United States. Now US Senator John McCain has responded to Vladimir

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Putin with his own opinion piece in Russia. He has taken to the Russian

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website Pravda to accuse Mr Putin of ruining the corruption, oppression

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and violence. He also criticised the Russian leader for backing President

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Assad of Syria, saying the support was destroying Russia's

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international reputation. The piece is entitled, Russians deserve better

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than Putin. We will have more on the Iranian's bid for public opinion in

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the US soon. Clearly a diplomatic war being fought on all fronts,

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including on the international media stage.

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Now, there is a warning that the hurricane which has been battering

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Mexico for the last few days is picking up speed and may turn into a

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tropical cyclone will stop thousands of people have already been cut off

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by landslides and flooding as storms hit both sides of the country almost

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simultaneously. At least 80 people are known to have died, and

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thousands of tourists have been rescued from the resort of Acapulco.

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The crisis in the west of Mexico shows little sign of easing. After

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being battered for days by Tropical Storm Manuel, this state has been

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left on its knees and the authorities are struggling to cope

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will stop all villages have in cut off by the floodwaters, and at least

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80 people have been killed since the two storms struck Mexico, most of

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them in this state. The Mexican president has confirmed that another

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58 people are missing after homes in one municipality were buried under a

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mudslide. The government said it was doing everything it could to reach

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communities in Ramon rural regions. Transmission ah the precise

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instruction from the president was to strengthen supplies for the

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instruction from the president was population and to start sending

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teams to check the condition of housing for effect on people.

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Meanwhile, thousands of stranded tourists have also been battling

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with the conditions. Many have spent several nights in emergency shelters

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as the tourist resort of Acapulco is still cut off from Mexico City by

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road. The government said more than 5000 tourists were airlifted to

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safety over the course of the day, with many thousands more due to

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return to the capital by the end of the week. Nevertheless, tempers have

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been running high as frustration has grown. In some parts of Acapulco,

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there was sporadic looting as the spirit residents raided flood

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supermarkets. However, it was largely brought under control by the

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authorities. Meanwhile, in the east of the country, the fallout from

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Hurricane Ingrid is still being felt as well. If the situation was not

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already enough for the overstretched emergency teams, Tropical Storm

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Manuel has now been upgraded to a category one hurricane and is moving

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north towards Baja, California. As we heard, President Assad has

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taken to US airwaves, and Iran's As we heard, President Assad has

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newly elected leader has also been As we heard, President Assad has

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on a charm offensive on American television in his first Western

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television interview since taking office. Hassan Rouhani said Iran has

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never sought nuclear weapons. He told NBC that he had full authority

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to negotiate with the West over his country's uranium enrichment

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programme. He also said he had received a positive letter earlier

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this year from President Obama. Our reporter in Istanbul said Iran's

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recent actions have created a window for diplomacy. It creates an opening

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which is being orchestrated by Hassan Rouhani himself. He has

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managed to secure the release of several prominent political

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prisoners, including a prominent human rights activist. He secured

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the support from the supreme leader and has now broadcast his own

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message directly to the American people via that interview with NBC.

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Of course, NBC want to know, would Iran pursue nuclear weapons 's he

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repeated Iran's position that it will not. TRANSLATION: We have never

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sought a nuclear bomb, and we are not going to do so. We are solely

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seeking peaceful nuclear technology. Can you say that Iran will not build

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a nuclear weapons under any circumstances whatsoever?

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TRANSLATION: The answer to this question is quite obvious. We have

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time and again said that under no circumstances would we seek any

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weapons of mass destruction, including nuclear weapons. Nor will

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we ever. He is not the first Iranian leader

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to say this. The supreme leader himself issued a religious ruling

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several years ago expressively forbidding the Islamic Republic from

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using nuclear weapons. You hear this at every round of nuclear talks. The

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trouble is that at the moment, the West does not take Iran at its word.

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But now, those negotiations will restart under Hassan Rouhani, and he

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has designated his own Foreign Minister to start there's nuclear

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talks. Now, Japan's prime minister, Shinzo

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Abe, has ordered the scrapping of two nuclear tests which survived an

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earthquake and tsunami at Fukushima. The prime minister has been visiting

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the plant at Fukushima. He has called for all leaks of contaminated

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water to be fixed within six months. At he says he stands by his

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reassurance that Tokyo is safe to host the 2020 Olympic games.

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Police in Singapore have arrested 14 people in what appears to be a major

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breakthrough in the battle against corruption in football. Interpol

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said the suspected leader of an international match fixing gang was

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among those detained during raids. The 12 men and two women are also

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being investigated over possible links to organised crime.

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Serious criticisms of the police investigation into an attack on a

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British couple honeymooning in South Africa will be voiced in a BBC

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documentary later today. Anni Dewani was shot and killed in Cape Town in

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2010. Her husband is accused of orchestrating that attack. Now the

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BBC's Panorama programme has uncovered serious misgivings about

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the forensic tests conducted by South African police.

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This CCTV, never seen before, shows Anni Dewani's husband, Shrien

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Dewani, moments after learning his wife of just two weeks had been

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found dead. When they said Anni had been shot, apparently, I just

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started screaming hysterically. The same man South African policemen say

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paid hit men to execute his wife. Now Panorama has obtained secret

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police files relating to the case, which include statements, CCTV

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footage, phone records and forensic evidence. We have given the material

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to leading forensics experts to review. Their findings are damning.

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The South Africans have not carried out any experiments to support the

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conclusions they came to. Panorama has discovered that statements from

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three key witnesses, who have all struck deals with the South African

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state in return for their testimony against Shrien Dewani, appear to

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contradict factual records, like lists of phone calls and CCTV in the

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police files. Their testimony gives accounts of calls that did not

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happen, and stories which are disproved by video evidence. This is

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not an investigation that would meet standards in this country. This

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would not be considered good actors. They also failed to just test the

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evidence, to corroborate the key fact and to challenge things that

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were not corroborated that were central to the story. South African

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police maintain that their forensic and postmortem evidence proves that

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Anni Dewani was cowering against the back seat when the gunman

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deliberately shot her from the front passenger seat. But the experts

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commissioned by Panorama went to flaws in how the South Africans

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carried out their investigation, and say Anni Dewani may have been

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accidentally shot. If it was a deliberate shot, I would have

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expected a shock to the head or the heart, not one that struck the neck.

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It is an unusual place for an assassination. On that basis alone,

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I would veer towards an accidental discharge rather than a deliberate

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shooting. We put our findings discharge rather than a deliberate

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South African authorities. They say it would be improper to engage with

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the media on the merits of the case, as trial by media would violate

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Shrien Dewani's right to a trial. Members of Anni's family have also

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criticised the BBC for conduct in what they say is a trial by

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television. Anni's family have called on Shrien Dewani to return to

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South Africa to answer the charges. He denies all charges of murder and

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remains sectioned under the mental health act.

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Still to come, we meet the cyclist who has opened the land speed record

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for a human powered vehicle. Let's see how he did it.

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There was a role in the Nigerian house of representatives.

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Politicians exchanged punches after a splinter group from the ruling

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party tried to address parliament. The chaos lasted ten months -- ten

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minutes. Not an ideal starter for Parliament

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in Nigeria. The lower house had only just reconvened after a seven-week

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rate. During Tuesday's session, arguments are Rob did. The trouble

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was sparked by a newly formed splinter group. They don't want good

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luck Jonathan to seek re-election in 2015. He has not confirmed if he

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will stand. The group trying to address parliament infuriated MPs

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loyal to the President. Since the address parliament infuriated MPs

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end of military rule in 1999, the party has won every national

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election, but if they cannot stamp out their infighting, it could have

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huge implications for Africa's largest oil-producing nation.

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Washington, DC's capital has ordered a review following a BBC report that

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an armed police team was instructed not to respond to Monday's mass

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shooting. A tactical response team was told to leave the scene. Sources

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have told the BBC they could have saved lives had they been allowed to

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go in. Aaron Alexis killed 12 people.

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It is the equivalent of a SWAT team that arrived on site about 15

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minutes of initial reports of shots fired. An officer who requested

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assistance, they were told they the only officers on the scene who had

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sold rifles. They are highly trained marksmen. They radioed in to say

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they would be engaging in the search, but they were told by

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officers to stand down and leave the area.

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CCTV footage in Colombia at a hospital showed the moment when

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gunmen burst in to free a prisoner being held there.

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The latest headlines: Egyptian security forces are clashing with

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militants after entering a town on the outskirts of Cairo. There are

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reports troops with armoured vehicles took up positions in car

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dash before dawn today. Syria's president says he is ready

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to destroy his chemical weapons, but denied his troops have used them in

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the past. The European Union's Mission in

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Kosovo says one of its police officers has been shot and killed.

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It said the incident happened in the Serb region of Kosovo when two EU

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vehicles were fired on. It did not give the nationality of the officer.

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Kosovo declared independence from Serbia in 1998. But a lot of the

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Serbian population does not accept that.

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There has been violent protests in Greece just hours before the funeral

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of a musician. Thousands of protesters took to the streets to

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protest against the stabbing. The streets of Athens are quiet this

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morning after ugly scenes near the capital, but in other cities across

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Greece last night as thousands of demonstrators took to the streets

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protesting against the murder of 35-year-old pub loss fits us, who

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was stabbed to death outside a cafe by a man who admitted being a member

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of the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party. They raided the party headquarters,

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even Golden Dawn said it did not have any links with the crime. This

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morning the funeral is taking place and there was said to be a speech

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later on by the leader of Golden Dawn, near the murder site. That

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could incite more violence. Golden Dawn is a party that has soared in

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popularity during the financial crisis, getting 18 MPs in last year

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's election. It is accused of vigilante attacks on immigrants and

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political opponents. But there is pressure to clamp down on this

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party. The government stands accused of being too soft towards it, even

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siding with it on some issues. But now there is pressure here and in

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Brussels to try to clamp down on it. An Austrian MEP said Greece's up and

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coming presidency of the European Union could be threatened and less

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Greece deals with golden dawn. The minister for public order said there

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would be a discussion in the coming weeks to a redefinition of unarmed

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criminal gang here, it implying Golden Dawn could get back

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classification and suggesting the idea of a ban. The idea of a ban.

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But that could be difficult. The government feels if you ban Golden

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Dawn, it could drive it underground. But last night, the tear gas and

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stun grenades showed the depth of anger towards this neo-Nazi party.

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Said the government is under pressure to clamp down on one of the

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more dangerous manifestations of Greece's financial crisis.

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Stephen King is one of the world 's most famous authors. One of his most

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famous model 's, -- novels is the shining tells the story of Danny

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Torrance who has psychic powers. We reveal what happened to Danny when

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he grew up. People kept asking me, I would go to

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autograph sessions and they would say, " what ever happened to that

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kid from the shining? " I have never say, " what ever happened to that

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been one to revisit the past, particularly revisiting the scary

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book 's. I feel like a lot of people read those books under the covers

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with flashlights when they were children themselves, 12, 14 years

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old. You need people to say, I read that book, the shining and it scared

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the hell out of me. Doctor sleep starts a year after the hotel

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overlooking is destroyed at the end of the shining. Dan Torrance is just

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a little book in the shining. I was curious about what would happen to

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him. Did you like the film of The

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Shining? No, it was cold. One of the things people relate to in my books

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is a warmth and the reaching out saying to the reader, " I want you

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to be a part of this". I thought it was very cold. Whenever you come in

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here and interrupt me, you are disrupting Mike Com --

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concentration. Jack Torrance, in the movie is seen as crazy. Shelley

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Duvall as Wendy is one of the most misogynistic carrot is put on film.

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She is basically put on there to scream and be stupid. Do you think

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people are harder to scare now? It is still possible to scare people in

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an honourable way if they care about the characters. I want people to

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fall in love with these characters. It creates the suspense.

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Stephen King, much too terrifying for me. A Dutch cyclist has broken

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the land speed record for a human powered vehicle.

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He was competing in the United States. He reached speeds of 133.78

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kilometres an hour on a desert road, which is one of the fastest surfaces

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in the world. Getting ready to peddle his way into the record

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books. On a desert road in Nevada, this

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Dutch cyclist set off, with a little help. His goal? To become the

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fastest cyclist in a human powered vehicle. His high-tech bike was

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designed by students from two Dutch universities. He is riding on one of

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the straightest, smoothest surfaces in the world. Hitting the

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all-important 200 metre stretch of the road, he reaches a maximum and

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record-breaking velocity of 138 .7 kilometres an hour. No way.

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TRANSLATION: I started 300 wards at 110 kilometres. I went 20 kilometres

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faster and went flat out. His speed broke the previous record set in

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2009 set by the Canadian, Sam Whittington.

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Former heavyweight boxing champion, Ken Norton, has died. He was best

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known for beating Muhammad Ali in 1973. He died in hospital in

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Arizona. The 70-year-old former champion had been in poor health

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after a series of strokes. Gun battles between Egyptian

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security forces and unidentified gunmen have been taken part in a

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town outside Cairo. A key leader has been detained as part of the

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international negotiations.

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